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Terms Used In 7 Guam Code Ann. § 24501

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
, are Liable; Their Liabilities Constitute
Liens.
All steamers, vessels, and boats are liable:

1. For services rendered on board at the request of, or on contract with, their respective owners, masters, agents, or consignees.

2. For supplies furnished in Guam for their use, at the request of their respective owners, masters, agents, or consignees.

3. For work done or materials furnished in Guam for their construction, repair, or equipment.

4. For their wharfage and anchorage within Guam.

5. For nonperformance, or malperformance, of any contract for the transportation of persons or property between places within Guam, made by their respective owners, masters, agents, or consignees.

6. For injuries committed by them to persons or property, in
Guam.

Demands for these several causes constitute liens upon all steamers, vessels, and boats, and have priority in their order herein enumerated, and have preference over all other demands; but such liens only continue in force for the period of one (1) year from the time the cause of action accrued.

SOURCE: CCP § 813.

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